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55	55	Short description: ''List the name of the speaker and the title of their talk first.'' Public access to rooftop telescopes and stargazing after lecture, weather permitting. Lecture occurs regardless.
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57		Full Description/Summary: Every other Friday, the Astronomy Department at Columbia University sponsors public outreach. Attendees get access to astronomical information through timely lectures by members of our department aimed at a public audience. After the thirty-minute lecture, if the weather is clear, the public can proceed to the roof of Pupin Hall and be guided by volunteers in stargazing and observing through the telescopes of Rutherford Observatory. A slide show and discussion with an astronomer about various astronomical images happens if the weather is cloudy.
	57	Full Description/Summary: Every other Friday, the Astronomy Department at Columbia University sponsors public outreach. Attendees get access to astronomical information through timely lectures by members of our department aimed at a public audience. After the thirty-minute lecture, if the weather is clear, the public can proceed to the roof of Pupin Hall and be guided by volunteers in stargazing and observing through the telescopes of Rutherfurd Observatory. A slide show and discussion with an astronomer about various astronomical images happens if the weather is cloudy.
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59	59	Lecturer and title: